Shea v. Shea (In Re Shea)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the relevant point of inquiry is the date that the debtor filed his petition in bankruptcy
• holding attorney’s fees incurred in an attempt to enforce the property settlement non-dischargeable because “[e]very dollar spent on attorney's fees is a dollar not available for the support of Ms. Shea and her children.”
• allowing attorney’s fees in the alternative under Code section 523(a)(15)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gadtke v. Bren (In Re Bren)
  D. Minnesota· 2002-10-22· cited 21×
• Lawrence v. Lawrence (In Re Lawrence)
  D. New Jersey· 1999-08-04· cited 15×
• Clauss v. Church (In Re Church)
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-07-26· cited 13×
• Killeen v. Whittaker (In Re Whittaker)
  E.D. Louisiana· 1998-10-06· cited 12×
• Grunwald v. Beck (In Re Beck)
  W.D. Missouri· 2003-08-25· cited 11×
• McGraw v. Collier (In re Collier)
  E.D. Arkansas· 2013-09-03· cited 11×
• Mesenbrink v. Eiklenborg (In Re Eiklenborg)
  N.D. Iowa· 2002-11-25· cited 10×
• Morgan v. Woods (In Re Woods)
  W.D. Missouri· 2004-04-12· cited 9×
• Hodgin v. Conlin (In Re Conlin)
  D. Minnesota· 2003-06-16· cited 8×
• Wallander v. Wallander (In Re Wallander)
  N.D. Iowa· 2005-05-05· cited 7×
• Lee v. O'Shaughnessy (In Re O'Shaughnessy)
  N.D. Iowa· 2003-10-07· cited 7×
• Lakeman v. Weed (In re Weed)
  D. Minnesota· 2012-09-18· cited 7×
• Scholl v. McLain (In Re McLain)
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-11-30· cited 6×
• Kassebaum v. Smith (In re Smith)
  D. Minnesota· 2018-11-01· cited 6×
• Brown v. Brown (Brown)
  N.D. Iowa· 2003-11-24· cited 5×
• Thomas v. Thomas (In Re Thomas)
  E.D. Louisiana· 2005-01-20
• Julie Sue Scholl v. Louis A. McLain
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-11-30
• Robert Clauss v. Randall Hugh Church
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-07-26

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Grogan v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-15· cited 5,972×
• In the Matter of Michael VAN HORNE. Margaret CASPERS, Appellee, v. Michael VAN HORNE, Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-08-17· cited 345×
• In Re Edward Elijah Williams, Debtor. Joyce Colleen Williams v. Edward Elijah Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-04-01· cited 323×
• In Re Keith Alan Kline, Debtor. Ronald R. Holliday v. Keith Alan Kline
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-09-12· cited 125×
• In Re Philip Rubin, Debtor. Philip Rubin v. Hugh E. West Yasue West
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-05-19· cited 112×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-19· cited 103×
• In Re Smither
  W.D. Kentucky· 1996-02-27· cited 100×
• Jodoin v. Samayoa (In Re Jodoin)
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-05-02· cited 94×
• In Re Ophaug
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-08-26· cited 71×
• Terry ADAMS, Appellee, v. Karen Marie ZENTZ, Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-04-30· cited 69×
• In Re Kenneth I. Strickland, Debtor. Kenneth I. Strickland v. John Hugh Shannon, Lauren J. Strickland
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-08-01· cited 69×
• Dressler v. Dressler (In Re Dressler)
  D. Rhode Island· 1996-03-12· cited 65×
• McCrary v. Barrack (In Re Barrack)
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-01-30· cited 59×
• Tatge v. Tatge (In Re Tatge)
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-10-08· cited 52×
• Moeder v. Moeder (In Re Moeder)
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-04-28· cited 49×
• Comisky v. Comisky (In Re Comisky)
  N.D. California· 1995-07-13· cited 49×
• Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,385 Robert D. MacY v. Anna Lowell MacY
  First Circuit· 1997-05-23· cited 43×
• Keeling v. Roeder (In Re Roeder)
  W.D. Kentucky· 1986-05-22· cited 43×
• Cleveland v. Cleveland (In Re Cleveland)
  N.D. Georgia· 1996-07-16· cited 34×
• Bank of Louisiana v. Bercier (In re Bercier)
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-07-03· cited 16×